EP0263562B1 - Manual mechanical control device for a hydraulic disc brake of a vehicle - Google Patents

Manual mechanical control device for a hydraulic disc brake of a vehicle Download PDF

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EP0263562B1
EP0263562B1 EP87201895A EP87201895A EP0263562B1 EP 0263562 B1 EP0263562 B1 EP 0263562B1 EP 87201895 A EP87201895 A EP 87201895A EP 87201895 A EP87201895 A EP 87201895A EP 0263562 B1 EP0263562 B1 EP 0263562B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D65/00—Parts or details
    • F16D65/38—Slack adjusters
    • F16D65/40—Slack adjusters mechanical
    • F16D65/52—Slack adjusters mechanical self-acting in one direction for adjusting excessive play
    • F16D65/56—Slack adjusters mechanical self-acting in one direction for adjusting excessive play with screw-thread and nut
    • F16D65/567—Slack adjusters mechanical self-acting in one direction for adjusting excessive play with screw-thread and nut for mounting on a disc brake
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D65/00—Parts or details
    • F16D65/14—Actuating mechanisms for brakes; Means for initiating operation at a predetermined position
    • F16D65/16—Actuating mechanisms for brakes; Means for initiating operation at a predetermined position arranged in or on the brake
    • F16D65/18—Actuating mechanisms for brakes; Means for initiating operation at a predetermined position arranged in or on the brake adapted for drawing members together, e.g. for disc brakes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D2121/00—Type of actuator operation force
    • F16D2121/02—Fluid pressure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D2121/00—Type of actuator operation force
    • F16D2121/14—Mechanical
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D2123/00—Multiple operation forces
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D2125/00—Components of actuators
    • F16D2125/18—Mechanical mechanisms
    • F16D2125/20—Mechanical mechanisms converting rotation to linear movement or vice versa
    • F16D2125/22—Mechanical mechanisms converting rotation to linear movement or vice versa acting transversely to the axis of rotation
    • F16D2125/26—Cranks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D2125/00—Components of actuators
    • F16D2125/18—Mechanical mechanisms
    • F16D2125/58—Mechanical mechanisms transmitting linear movement
    • F16D2125/60—Cables or chains, e.g. Bowden cables

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  • the present invention relates to a device for the manual mechanical control of a hydraulic disc brake for a vehicle.
  • these mechanical actuation means are formed by a device comprising a lever and a pivot pivotally installed in the body of the brake caliper in correspondence with the head of the hydraulic cylinder.
  • the pivot is provided, inside the cylinder head, with a cam mechanism capable of pushing the hydraulic piston, and outside it is connected to the actuation lever, on the end of which acts a rod flexible (bowden cable) coming from the handbrake.
  • a protective rubber cap covers the cylinder head and the mentioned pivot.
  • the actuating lever of these devices is made of cast iron, and it has, at its outer end, configurations intended to receive the connection of the actuating rod, and at its inner end, a hub connected to the pivot by means of welding, wedging, dog clutching or other similar means of coupling.
  • the size of the hub of the lever serving to allow the latter to be wedged on the pivot, obstructs the mounting of the protective cap and forces it to be produced in such a way as to seal frontally on the hub of the lever, thus giving rise to unwanted friction.
  • Different levers, and molds relating thereto must be provided to meet the requirements of different installations in which the direction of arrival of the actuating rod is not the same.
  • the production of the cast iron lever results in a certain incidence of casting defects and possible ruptures which ensue during operation, while the connection between the lever and the pivot sometimes gives rise to defects in solidarity between the parties.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve and rationalize the pivot and lever device for the manual mechanical control of a hydraulic disc brake for a vehicle, so as to reduce the cost price and the weight, to simplify the productive management, to reduce the probabilities of faults, practically to the point of canceling them, to make possible a wide unification in the production of levers intended for different installations, and to make possible a more rational arrangement of the protective cap.
  • the pivot has, from said end of the first part, an initial cylindrical part intended to cooperate with a protective cap, a cylindrical intermediate part curved by 180 ° forming a lever, and a cylindrical end part in which the conformations intended to receive the connection of the actuating rod are machined, said initial, intermediate and terminal parts being in a single part in drawn steel.
  • the pivot and the lever form a single integrated element, and this simplifies the management of the elements and systematically eliminates the drawbacks deriving from connection faults.
  • the lever is formed by the same material from which the pivot is formed, that is to say by drawn steel, which, unlike cast iron, gives an almost total guarantee of being free from defects.
  • the cost of the operation of bending part of the pivot is much lower than the sum of the costs of molding the lever and of connecting the latter to the pivot.
  • the weight of the assembly constituted by the pivot and the lever can be reduced in a considerable measure, of the order of 35%.
  • the conformations intended to receive the end of the actuating rod are formed on the end part of the curved pivot, and they can be machined in different positions according to the installation requirements, starting from identical parts.
  • the protective cap can be mounted more easily, and it can cooperate with the initial cylindrical part of the pivot instead of with a hub, and therefore it works radially on the smallest possible diameter, instead of axially on a larger diameter. large, thus achieving higher efficiency with reduced friction.
  • Fig. 1 shows the head of the hydraulic cylinder of a disc brake caliper, provided with a manual mechanical control device, partially in section in the axis of the pivot of said device (that is to say along line II of the figure 2);
  • Fig. 2 shows a section made along line II-II of Figure 1;
  • Fig. 3 shows the insulated pivot with a curved part forming a lever
  • Fig. 4 shows a section made along the broken line IV-IV of FIG. 3.
  • the reference 1 designates the hydraulic cylinder of a caliper for a disc brake, a cylinder which is formed in the body of the caliper (whose other parts are not shown) , and in which is mounted in a sliding manner a piston 4 ending at its outer end by a pusher 5 intended to act on a brake shoe (not shown).
  • a protective bellows 6 protects the sliding coupling between the cylinder 1 and the piston 4.
  • the cylinder 1 has a head 2 extending so as to form bearings 3 which constitute bearings for the pivot of a mechanical control device manual.
  • the head 2 of the cylinder 1 is crossed in leaktight fashion by a pusher 7 arranged to act on the piston 4 with the interposition of a device 8 for compensating for the displacements due to the wear of the friction linings; this catch-up device 8, well known per se, is located inside the piston 4 and it is not shown in particular.
  • the pusher 7 is normally pushed back to a rest position by a set of flat springs 9, and it receives the action of the manual mechanical control device through a blade 10. Finally, a spring 11 is provided to push back normally into its position the mechanical manual control device.
  • the parts described so far are well known per se.
  • the cylinder 1 is intended to receive in its interior a pressurized liquid which, by acting on the piston 4, produces by means of the pusher 5 applying a brake shoe to a brake disc, thereby giving rise to hydraulic braking.
  • the pusher 7 when actuated by means of the blade 10 against the action of the springs 9 and 11, pushes the piston 4 through the take-up device 8 and, by means of the pusher 5, achieves the mechanical braking.
  • the manual mechanical control device comprises a pivot, a first part 12 of which is cylindrical and pivoted in the bearings 3 of the head 2 of the cylinder 1.
  • the part 12 of the pivot is machined so as to have an eccentric notch 13 (FIGS. 3 and 4) in which engage the blade 10 and the return spring 11, already mentioned.
  • This first part 12 of the pivot, with its notch 13, still corresponds substantially to the homologous parts of the known devices.
  • the part 12 of the pivot is delimited by grooves 14 in which are inserted elastic rings 23 intended to retain the pivot in its correct position relative to the head 2 of the cylinder 1.
  • At one end of the first part 12 of the pivot at the -from the groove 14 mentioned, extends an initial cylindrical part 15 followed by an intermediate part 16 curved by 180 °; the latter, finally, is followed by a cylindrical end portion 17.
  • a seat 18 for the insertion of a head 20 belonging to the end of a flexible rod 21 coming from the lever application of the handbrake (not shown).
  • the flexible rod 21 slides in a sheath 22 thus forming a so-called bowden cable, and the end of the sheath 22 is supported on a stop 0 of the body 1 of the cylinder of the brake caliper.
  • the seat 18 is open towards the end of the cylindrical part 17 of the pivot 12-17 by a slot 19, in order to allow the insertion and the attachment of the head 20 of the rod 21.
  • a protective rubber cap 24 is applied to the head 2 of the cylinder 1 of the brake caliper, in order to cover and protect the first part 12 of the pivot 12-17, its bearings 3, the eccentric mechanism 13,10 and the parts connected to it.
  • This cap 24 forms, on one side, a cap 25 which covers the free end of the first part 12 of the pivot 12-17, and on the opposite side it forms a sleeve 26 inserted on the pivot 12-17 and which tightens d in a sealed manner, by a sliding coupling, the initial cylindrical part 15 of the pivot.
  • the rod 21 When the rod 21 is pulled to activate the hand brake, it acts by its head 20 on the end portion 17 of the pivot 12-17; the intermediate part 16 acts as a lever, and the first part 12 of the pivot is turned from its rest position (in the direction of a clock according to FIG. 2) against the action of the spring 11, so that the eccentric notch 13 pushes the blade 10, the pusher 7 (thus charging the springs 9), the take-up device 8, the piston 4 and the pusher 5, thereby achieving braking of the rear wheels of the vehicle.
  • the spring 11 returns the pivot 12-17 to its rest position and the springs 9 return the pusher 7 to its rest position, so that the braking performed previously ends, and the piston 4 is again able to perform hydraulic braking when it is actuated by a pressurized liquid introduced into the cylinder 1.
  • the seat 18 and the slot 19 are machined in the end part 17 of the pivot 12-17, which is cylindrical. Consequently, during machining there is no difficulty in orienting in any desired manner the direction in which the seat 18 is machined, in order to make it correspond, in the assembled device, to the direction from which the rod 21 arrives in any particular installation. Therefore, the lever device differs, for installations with different requirements, only in this machining detail, while all the remaining structural characteristics and productive operations remain unified for devices intended for different installations.
  • the installation of the protective cap presents no particular problem. Indeed, the protective cap 24 must be simply inserted on the pivot 12 until carrying the sleeve 26 on the part 15, then the first part 12 of the pivot is mounted on the brake caliper, retaining in a deformed condition the cap 24, and finally the latter is inserted on the head 2.

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The manually operated handbrake or parking brake e.g. for a motor vehicle consists of a cable linkage (20,21) which is connected to one end (17) of a 180 deg. crank arm (16) e.g. in drawn wire or rod material. The other end of the arm (12) has a longitudinal groove which locates a pivoting cam (10). As the arm is rotated, the cam acts on the end of a cylinder (7) which pushes the cylinder and brake pad support (5) into contact with the brake disc. A wire spring (11) returns the arm to its original position and a coil spring (9) returns the actuating cylinder to the released position. A flexible rubber gaiter (24) protects the lever mechanism from ingress of dirt and dust.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif pour la commande mécanique manuelle d'un frein hydraulique à disque pour véhicule.The present invention relates to a device for the manual mechanical control of a hydraulic disc brake for a vehicle.

Soit pour des raisons de sécurité, soit dans le but de respecter des dispositions de loi, les véhicules doivent être pourvus, en plus des freins hydrauliques, de freins de stationnement et de secours à commande mécanique manuelle. Pour éviter l'installation de moyens de freinage séparés, qui entraînent des frais considérables, ces freins à commande mécanique manuelle sont habituellement réalisés en ajoutant aux dispositifs hydrauliques servant à actionner les freins des roues postérieures du véhicule, des moyens qui, actionnés à la main, déterminent mécaniquement le déplacement du piston hydraulique d'actionnement.Either for safety reasons or in order to comply with legal provisions, vehicles must be equipped, in addition to hydraulic brakes, parking and emergency brakes with manual mechanical control. To avoid the installation of separate braking means, which entail considerable costs, these manual mechanical brakes are usually produced by adding to the hydraulic devices used to apply the brakes of the rear wheels of the vehicle, means which, actuated by hand , mechanically determine the displacement of the hydraulic actuating piston.

Dans le cas de freins à disque, ces moyens d'actionnement mécanique sont formés par un dispositif comprenant un levier et un pivot installé de façon pivotante dans le corps de l'étrier du frein en correspondance de la tête du cylindre hydraulique. Le pivot est pourvu, à l'intérieur de la tête du cylindre, d'un mécanisme à came capable de pousser le piston hydraulique, et à l'extérieur il est relié au levier d'actionnement, sur l'extrémité duquel agit une tringle flexible (câble bowden) venant du frein à main. Une coiffe de protection en caoutchouc couvre la tête du cylindre et le pivot mentionné. En général, le levier d'actionnement de ces dispositifs est réalisé en moulage de fonte, et il presente à son extrémité externe des configurations destinées à recevoir la connexion de la tringle d'actionnement, et à son extrémité interne un moyeu relié au pivot moyennant soudage, calage, crabotage ou autre moyen d'accouplement similaire.In the case of disc brakes, these mechanical actuation means are formed by a device comprising a lever and a pivot pivotally installed in the body of the brake caliper in correspondence with the head of the hydraulic cylinder. The pivot is provided, inside the cylinder head, with a cam mechanism capable of pushing the hydraulic piston, and outside it is connected to the actuation lever, on the end of which acts a rod flexible (bowden cable) coming from the handbrake. A protective rubber cap covers the cylinder head and the mentioned pivot. In general, the actuating lever of these devices is made of cast iron, and it has, at its outer end, configurations intended to receive the connection of the actuating rod, and at its inner end, a hub connected to the pivot by means of welding, wedging, dog clutching or other similar means of coupling.

La construction du dispositif au moyen d'un pivot et d'un levier ainsi réalisés séparément et puis reliés présente des inconvénients. L' opération de connexion entre les deux parties mentionnées entraîne des temps et des coûts de travail non indifférents. Dans l'organisation de la production on doit prévoir la gestion de trois pièces distinctes: le pivot, le levier et l'ensemble formé par un pivot avec un levier appliqué. Le levier réalisé de la façon traditionnelle indiquée est considérablement lourd, ce qui représente un inconvénient soit pour le coût du matériau employé, soit pour le poids de e'élément qui en résulte, spécialement si l'on considère le fait que ce détail fait partie des masses non suspendues du véhicule. L'encombrement du moyeu du levier, servant à permettre le calage de ce dernier sur le pivot, fait obstacle au montage de la coiffe de protection et oblige à réaliser cette dernière d'une façon telle à faire étanchéité frontalement sur le moyeu du levier, en donnant ainsi lieu à des frictions indésirées. Des leviers différents, et des moules de coulée y relatifs, doivent être prévus pour satisfaire aux exigences d'installations différentes dans lesquelles la direction d'arrivée de la tringle d'actionnement n'est pas la même. Enfin, la réalisation du levier en fonte entraîne une certaine incidence de défauts de coulée et de ruptures possibles qui s'ensuivent pendant le fonctionnement, tandis que la connexion entre le levier et le pivot donne lieu parfois à des défauts de solidarité entre les parties.The construction of the device by means of a pivot and a lever thus produced separately and then connected has drawbacks. The connection operation between the two parties mentioned leads to time and labor costs not indifferent. In the organization of production, management of three separate parts must be provided: the pivot, the lever and the assembly formed by a pivot with an applied lever. The lever produced in the traditional way indicated is considerably heavy, which represents a drawback either for the cost of the material used, or for the weight of the element which results therefrom, especially if one considers the fact that this detail is part unsprung masses of the vehicle. The size of the hub of the lever, serving to allow the latter to be wedged on the pivot, obstructs the mounting of the protective cap and forces it to be produced in such a way as to seal frontally on the hub of the lever, thus giving rise to unwanted friction. Different levers, and molds relating thereto, must be provided to meet the requirements of different installations in which the direction of arrival of the actuating rod is not the same. Finally, the production of the cast iron lever results in a certain incidence of casting defects and possible ruptures which ensue during operation, while the connection between the lever and the pivot sometimes gives rise to defects in solidarity between the parties.

On connaît par le document US-A-3384 204 un dispositif mécanique d'actionnement d'un frein hydraulique à disque dans lequel le levier de commande à une forme complexe, qui ne peut être obtenue que par fonderie ou estampage, avec tous les inconvenients mentionnés ci-dessus.Document US-A-3384 204 discloses a mechanical device for actuating a hydraulic disc brake in which the control lever has a complex shape, which can only be obtained by foundry or stamping, with all the disadvantages mentioned above.

Le but de la présente invention est de perfectionner et de rationaliser le dispositif à pivot et levier pour la commande mécanique manuelle d'un frein hydraulique à disque pour véhicule, de sorte à en réduire le prix de revient et le poids, à en simplifier la gestion productive, à réduire les probabilités de défauts, pratiquement jusqu'à les annuler, à rendre possible une unification étendue dans la production des leviers destinés à des installations différentes, et à rendre possible une disposition plus rationnelle de la coiffe de protection.The object of the present invention is to improve and rationalize the pivot and lever device for the manual mechanical control of a hydraulic disc brake for a vehicle, so as to reduce the cost price and the weight, to simplify the productive management, to reduce the probabilities of faults, practically to the point of canceling them, to make possible a wide unification in the production of levers intended for different installations, and to make possible a more rational arrangement of the protective cap.

On atteint ce but selon la présente invention par le fait que le pivot présente, à partir de ladite extrémité de la première partie, une partie initiale cylindrique destinée à coopérer avec une coiffe de protection, une partie intermédiaire cylindrique courbée de 180° formant levier, et une partie terminale cylindrique dans laquelle sont usinées les conformations destinées à recevoir la connexion de la tringle d'actionnement, lesdites parties initiale, intermédiaire et terminale étant d'une seule partie en acier tréfilé.This object is achieved according to the present invention by the fact that the pivot has, from said end of the first part, an initial cylindrical part intended to cooperate with a protective cap, a cylindrical intermediate part curved by 180 ° forming a lever, and a cylindrical end part in which the conformations intended to receive the connection of the actuating rod are machined, said initial, intermediate and terminal parts being in a single part in drawn steel.

Grâce à ces dispositions, le pivot et le levier forment un seul élément intégré, et cela simplifie la gestion des éléments et élimine systématiquement les inconvénients dérivant de défauts de connexion. Le levier est formé par le même matériau dont est formé le pivot, c'est à dire par de l'acier tréfilé, lequel, à différence d'un moulage en fonte, donne une garantie pratiquement totale d'être exempt de défauts. Le coût de l'opération de cintrage d'une partie du pivot est bien inférieur à la somme des coûts de moulage du levier et de connexion de ce dernier au pivot. Le poids de l'ensemble constitué par le pivot et le levier peut être réduit en une mesure considérable, de l'ordre de 35%. Les conformations destineés à recevoir l'extrémité de la tringle d'actionnement sont formées sur la partie terminale du pivot courbé, et elles peuvent être usinées en des positions différentes selon les exigences d'installation, en partant de pièces identiques. La coiffe de protection peut être montée plus facilement, et elle peut coopérer avec la partie initiale cylindrique du pivot au lieu qu'avec un moyeu, et donc elle travaille radialement sur le plus petit diamètre possible, au lieu qu'axialement sur un diamètre plus grand, en réalisant ainsi une efficacité plus élevée avec un frottement plus réduit.Thanks to these provisions, the pivot and the lever form a single integrated element, and this simplifies the management of the elements and systematically eliminates the drawbacks deriving from connection faults. The lever is formed by the same material from which the pivot is formed, that is to say by drawn steel, which, unlike cast iron, gives an almost total guarantee of being free from defects. The cost of the operation of bending part of the pivot is much lower than the sum of the costs of molding the lever and of connecting the latter to the pivot. The weight of the assembly constituted by the pivot and the lever can be reduced in a considerable measure, of the order of 35%. The conformations intended to receive the end of the actuating rod are formed on the end part of the curved pivot, and they can be machined in different positions according to the installation requirements, starting from identical parts. The protective cap can be mounted more easily, and it can cooperate with the initial cylindrical part of the pivot instead of with a hub, and therefore it works radially on the smallest possible diameter, instead of axially on a larger diameter. large, thus achieving higher efficiency with reduced friction.

Ces caractéristiques et d'autres, et les avantages de l'objet de la présente invention, ressortiront mieux par la suivante description d'une forme de réalisation, donnée à titre d'exemple non limitatif, représentée schématiquement dans le dessin annexé, dans lequel:These and other characteristics, and the advantages of the subject of the present invention, will emerge more clearly from the following description of an embodiment, given by way of nonlimiting example, represented schematically in the appended drawing, in which :

Fig. 1 montre la tête du cylindre hydraulique d'un étrier pour frein à disque, pourvue d'un dispositif de commande mécanique manuelle, partiellement en coupe dans l'axe du pivot dudit dispositif (c'est à dire selon la ligne I-I de la figure 2);Fig. 1 shows the head of the hydraulic cylinder of a disc brake caliper, provided with a manual mechanical control device, partially in section in the axis of the pivot of said device (that is to say along line II of the figure 2);

Fig. 2 en montre une section faite selon la ligne II-II de la figure 1;Fig. 2 shows a section made along line II-II of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 montre le pivot isolé avec une partie courbée formant un levier, etFig. 3 shows the insulated pivot with a curved part forming a lever, and

Fig. 4 en montre une section faite selon la ligne brisée IV-IV de la figure 3.Fig. 4 shows a section made along the broken line IV-IV of FIG. 3.

Faisant référence d'abord aux figures 1 et 2, la référence 1 designe le cylindre hydraulique d'un étrier pour un frein à disque, cylindre qui est formé dans le corps même de l'étrier (dont les autres parties ne sont pas représentées), et dans lequel est monté d'une manière coulissante un piston 4 se terminant à son extrémité externe par un poussoir 5 destiné à agir sur un patin de freinage (non représenté). Un soufflet de protection 6 protège l'accouplement coulissant entre le cylindre 1 et le piston 4. Le cylindre 1 a une tête 2 s'étendant de sorte à former des paliers 3 qui constituent des paliers pour le pivot d'un dispositif de commande mécanique manuelle. La tête 2 du cylindre 1 est traversée de façon étanche par un poussoir 7 disposé pour agir sur le piston 4 avec l'interposition d'un dispositif 8 de rattrapage des déplacements dûs à l'usure des garnitures de frottement; ce dispositif de rattrapage 8, bien connu en soi, est situé à l'intérieur du piston 4 et il n'est pas représenté en particulier. Le poussoir 7 est normalement repoussé vers une position de repos par un ensemble de ressorts plats 9, et il reçoit l'action du dispositif de commande mécanique manuelle à travers une lame 10. Enfin, un ressort 11 est pourvu pour repousser normalement dans sa position de repos le dispositif mécanique de commande manuelle.Referring first to Figures 1 and 2, the reference 1 designates the hydraulic cylinder of a caliper for a disc brake, a cylinder which is formed in the body of the caliper (whose other parts are not shown) , and in which is mounted in a sliding manner a piston 4 ending at its outer end by a pusher 5 intended to act on a brake shoe (not shown). A protective bellows 6 protects the sliding coupling between the cylinder 1 and the piston 4. The cylinder 1 has a head 2 extending so as to form bearings 3 which constitute bearings for the pivot of a mechanical control device manual. The head 2 of the cylinder 1 is crossed in leaktight fashion by a pusher 7 arranged to act on the piston 4 with the interposition of a device 8 for compensating for the displacements due to the wear of the friction linings; this catch-up device 8, well known per se, is located inside the piston 4 and it is not shown in particular. The pusher 7 is normally pushed back to a rest position by a set of flat springs 9, and it receives the action of the manual mechanical control device through a blade 10. Finally, a spring 11 is provided to push back normally into its position the mechanical manual control device.

Les parties décrites jusqu'ici sont bien connues en soi. Le cylindre 1 est destiné à recevoir dans son intérieur un liquide sous pression qui, en agissant sur le piston 4, réalise au moyen du poussoir 5 l'application d'un patin de freinage sur un disque de frein, en donnant ainsi lieu au freinage hydraulique. De son côté, le poussoir 7, lorsqu'il est actionné au moyen de la lame 10 contre l'action des ressorts 9 et 11, pousse le piston 4 à travers le dispositif de rattrapage 8 et, au moyen du poussoir 5, réalise le freinage mécanique. Ces parties, en soi-mêmes bien connues, dont la conformation structurelle peut être modifiée dans les différentes formes de réalisation, ne demandent pas des modifications pour l'application de la présente invention.The parts described so far are well known per se. The cylinder 1 is intended to receive in its interior a pressurized liquid which, by acting on the piston 4, produces by means of the pusher 5 applying a brake shoe to a brake disc, thereby giving rise to hydraulic braking. For its part, the pusher 7, when actuated by means of the blade 10 against the action of the springs 9 and 11, pushes the piston 4 through the take-up device 8 and, by means of the pusher 5, achieves the mechanical braking. These parts, in themselves well known, whose structural configuration can be modified in the various embodiments, do not require modifications for the application of the present invention.

Le dispositif de commande mécanique manuelle comprend un pivot, dont une première partie 12 est cylindrique et pivotée dans les paliers 3 de la tête 2 du cylindre 1. La partie 12 du pivot est usinée de façon à présenter une encoche excentrique 13 (figures 3 et 4) dans laquelle engagent la lame 10 et le ressort de rappel 11, déjà mentionnés. Cette première partie 12 du pivot, avec son encoche 13, correspond encore substantiellement aux parties homologues des dispositifs connus.The manual mechanical control device comprises a pivot, a first part 12 of which is cylindrical and pivoted in the bearings 3 of the head 2 of the cylinder 1. The part 12 of the pivot is machined so as to have an eccentric notch 13 (FIGS. 3 and 4) in which engage the blade 10 and the return spring 11, already mentioned. This first part 12 of the pivot, with its notch 13, still corresponds substantially to the homologous parts of the known devices.

La partie 12 du pivot est délimitée par des gorges 14 dans lesquelles sont insérées des bagues élastiques 23 destinées à retenir le pivot dans sa position correcte par rapport à la tête 2 du cylindre 1. A une extrémité de la première partie 12 du pivot, au-delà de la gorge 14 mentionnée, s'étend une partie cylindrique initiale 15 suivie par une partie intermédiaire 16 courbée de 180°; cette dernière, enfin, est suivie par une partie terminale cylindrique 17. Dans la partie terminale cylindrique 17 est formé un siège 18 pour l'insertion d'une tête 20 appartenant à l'extrémité d'une tringle flexible 21 venant du levier d'actionnement du frein à main (non représenté). La tringle flexible 21 glisse dans une gaine 22 en formant ainsi un ainsi-dit câble bowden, et l'extrémité de la gaine 22 prend appui sur une butée 0 du corps 1 du cylindre de l'étrier du frein. Le siège 18 est ouvert vers l'extrémité de la partie cylindrique 17 du pivot 12-17 par une fente 19, afin de permettre l'insertion et l'accrochement de la tête 20 de la tringle 21.The part 12 of the pivot is delimited by grooves 14 in which are inserted elastic rings 23 intended to retain the pivot in its correct position relative to the head 2 of the cylinder 1. At one end of the first part 12 of the pivot, at the -from the groove 14 mentioned, extends an initial cylindrical part 15 followed by an intermediate part 16 curved by 180 °; the latter, finally, is followed by a cylindrical end portion 17. In the cylindrical end portion 17 is formed a seat 18 for the insertion of a head 20 belonging to the end of a flexible rod 21 coming from the lever application of the handbrake (not shown). The flexible rod 21 slides in a sheath 22 thus forming a so-called bowden cable, and the end of the sheath 22 is supported on a stop 0 of the body 1 of the cylinder of the brake caliper. The seat 18 is open towards the end of the cylindrical part 17 of the pivot 12-17 by a slot 19, in order to allow the insertion and the attachment of the head 20 of the rod 21.

Une coiffe de protection en caoutchouc 24 est appliquée à la tête 2 du cylindre 1 de l'étrier du frein, dans le but de couvrir et de protéger la première partie 12 du pivot 12-17, ses paliers 3, le mécanisme à excentrique 13,10 et les parties y connectées. Cette coiffe 24 forme, d'un côté, un capuchon 25 qui couvre l'extrémité libre de la première partie 12 du pivot 12-17, et du côté opposé elle forme un manchon 26 inséré sur le pivot 12-17 et qui serre d'une façon étanche, par un accouplement coulissant, la partie initiale cylindrique 15 du pivot. Par cette disposition, l'étanchéite pendant le mouvement est réalisée radialement sur le rayon le plus petit possible, et donc avec un frottement minimal; elle dépend seulement des caractéristiques d'élasticité du matériau de la coiffe 24 et n'est pas modifiée par des jeux ou des tolérances d'assemblage, de sorte qu'elle présente la plus grande fiabilité.A protective rubber cap 24 is applied to the head 2 of the cylinder 1 of the brake caliper, in order to cover and protect the first part 12 of the pivot 12-17, its bearings 3, the eccentric mechanism 13,10 and the parts connected to it. This cap 24 forms, on one side, a cap 25 which covers the free end of the first part 12 of the pivot 12-17, and on the opposite side it forms a sleeve 26 inserted on the pivot 12-17 and which tightens d in a sealed manner, by a sliding coupling, the initial cylindrical part 15 of the pivot. By this arrangement, the sealing during the movement is carried out radially on the smallest possible radius, and therefore with minimal friction; it only depends on the elasticity characteristics of the material of the cap 24 and is not modified by games or assembly tolerances, so that it has the greatest reliability.

Lorsque la tringle 21 est tirée pour actionner le frein à main, elle agit par sa tête 20 sur la partie terminale 17 du pivot 12-17; la partie intermédiaire 16 fait fonction de levier, et la première partie 12 du pivot est tournée à partir de sa position de repos (dans le sens d'un horloge selon la figure 2) contre l'action du ressort 11, de sorte que l'encoche excentrique 13 pousse la lame 10, le poussoir 7 (en chargeant ainsi les ressorts 9), le dispositif de rattrapage 8, le piston 4 et le poussoir 5, en réalisant ainsi le freinage des roues arrière du véhicule. Lorsque ensuite le frein à main est relâché, lé ressort 11 reconduit le pivot 12-17 à sa position de repos et les ressorts 9 reconduisent le poussoir 7 à sa position de repos, de sorte que le freinage effectué précédemment se termine, et le piston 4 est de nouveau à même d'effectuer le freinage hydraulique quand il est actionné par un liquide sous pression introduit dans le cylindre 1.When the rod 21 is pulled to activate the hand brake, it acts by its head 20 on the end portion 17 of the pivot 12-17; the intermediate part 16 acts as a lever, and the first part 12 of the pivot is turned from its rest position (in the direction of a clock according to FIG. 2) against the action of the spring 11, so that the eccentric notch 13 pushes the blade 10, the pusher 7 (thus charging the springs 9), the take-up device 8, the piston 4 and the pusher 5, thereby achieving braking of the rear wheels of the vehicle. When the handbrake is then released, the spring 11 returns the pivot 12-17 to its rest position and the springs 9 return the pusher 7 to its rest position, so that the braking performed previously ends, and the piston 4 is again able to perform hydraulic braking when it is actuated by a pressurized liquid introduced into the cylinder 1.

Comme on peut le remarquer, le siège 18 et la fente 19 sont usinés dans la partie terminale 17 du pivot 12-17, laquelle est cylindrique. Par conséquence, pendant l'usinage il n'y a aucune difficulté à orienter de toute manière désirée la direction suivant laquelle est usiné le siège 18, afin de la faire correspondre, dans le dispositif assemblé, à la direction de laquelle arrive la tringle 21 dans n'importe quelle installation particulière. De ce fait, le dispositif à levier diffère, pour des installations ayant des exigences différentes, seulement dans ce détail d'usinage, tandis que toutes les restantes caractéristiques structurelles et les opérations productives demeurent unifiées pour les dispositifs destinés à des installations différentes.As can be seen, the seat 18 and the slot 19 are machined in the end part 17 of the pivot 12-17, which is cylindrical. Consequently, during machining there is no difficulty in orienting in any desired manner the direction in which the seat 18 is machined, in order to make it correspond, in the assembled device, to the direction from which the rod 21 arrives in any particular installation. Therefore, the lever device differs, for installations with different requirements, only in this machining detail, while all the remaining structural characteristics and productive operations remain unified for devices intended for different installations.

Dans la phase d'assemblage du dispositif, à différence de ce qui s'avère pour les formes de réalisation connues, l'installation de la coiffe de protection ne présente aucun problème particulier. En effet, la coiffe de protection 24 doit être simplement insérée sur le pivot 12 jusqu'à porter le manchon 26 sur la partie 15, ensuite la première partie 12 du pivot est montée sur l'étrier du frein, en retenant en une condition déformée la coiffe 24, et enfin cette dernière est insérée sur la tête 2.In the assembly phase of the device, unlike what turns out for the known embodiments, the installation of the protective cap presents no particular problem. Indeed, the protective cap 24 must be simply inserted on the pivot 12 until carrying the sleeve 26 on the part 15, then the first part 12 of the pivot is mounted on the brake caliper, retaining in a deformed condition the cap 24, and finally the latter is inserted on the head 2.

Il est avantageux le fait que, après la réalisation de l'assemblage, le pivot 12 est retenu en position d'une manière positive par les bagues élastiques 23, sans interposition d'aucune partie de la coiffe; de ce fait, le pivot ne tend pas à acquérir un jeu axial comme conséquence de l'usure de la coiffe.It is advantageous the fact that, after completion of the assembly, the pivot 12 is retained in position in a positive manner by the elastic rings 23, without the interposition of any part of the cap; therefore, the pivot does not tend to acquire axial play as a result of wear of the cap.

Claims (4)

  1. Device for the manual mechanical control of a hydraulic disc brake for a vehicle, having a pivot (12), eccentric (13) and lever (16) arrangement, set in the head (2) of the cylinder (1) of the hydraulically actuated brake caliper to control mechanically the movement of the piston (4) installed in the cylinder (1), the pivot (12-17) comprising a first part (12) intended to be inserted in the interior of the head (2) of the cylinder (1), and showing a usual cam structure (13), and extending itself, from one extremity of said first part (12), by a folded or curved part (16) forming a lever and provided at its extremity (17) with means (18, 19) for attaching the actuating rod (21), characterized by the fact that said pivot (12-17) presents, from said extremity of the first part (12), an initial cylindrical part (15) intended to cooperate with a protecting cover (24), an intermediate cylindrical part (16) curved through 180° forming a lever, and a terminal cylindrical part (17) in which the configurations (18-19) intended to receive the connection of the actuating rod (21) are machined, said initial (15) intermediate (16) and terminal (17) parts being made from a single piece of drawn steel.
  2. Control device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the protecting cover (24) is a cover made from rubber or a similar material, arranged to be inserted onto the head (2) of the cylinder (1) of the brake caliper and having a part (26) in the form of a sleeve adapted to create the seal during movement by pushing in a radial direction on said initial cylindrical part (15) of the pivot (12-17).
  3. Control device according to Claim 1, characterized in that said means (18, 19) for attaching the actuating rod (21) comprise a seat (18) formed in said terminal cylindrical part (17) of the pivot, and a slit (19) for the introduction of the rod (21), these configurations being able to be oriented in a different manner on said cylindrical part (17) according to the requirements of installation.
  4. Control device according to Claim 1, characterized in that said first part (12) of the pivot is delimited by grooves (14) placed to receive elastic rings (23) intended to press directly against bearing parts (3) formed by the head (2) of the cylinder (1).
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